Movie museums around the world

London:Located in the former Lambeth Workhouse (where Charlie Chaplin lived as a child), the Cinema Museum collection offers items relating to film production, exhibition and the cinema-going experience from its early days until today.

Memorabilia such as posters, art deco cinema chairs, ushers' uniforms from the '40s and '50s, tickets and popcorn cartons can be viewed.

Odessa:The Museum of the Cinema is in a historic mansion. More than 10,000 works are on display as testimony to the cinematic transformation that took place pre- and post-World War II. The city's famous steps were immortalized in Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin."

The venue's staff continuously studies and catalogs new material, and many visitors are able to witness their preservation process.

Thessaloniki:The Thessaloniki Cinema Museum works to preserve, gather and display items that have helped form movie life in Greece. Exhibits include cine-cameras, projectors, hand-produced cinema posters and photographs from more than 2,000 films.

In the archive, visitors can sift through information about film festivals and public showings that have occurred since 1985.

This Oct. 17, 2012 rendering released by AMPAS/Renzo Piano Building Workshop shows the Concept Phase of the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, designed by architects Renzo Piano and Zoltan Pali, with a view from Fairfax Avenue looking north in Los Angeles. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Visitors walk through an exhibit during the unveiling of "Tim Burton: The Exhibition" at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image on June 23, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. SCOTT BARBOUR, GETTY IMAGES
Atmosphere at The Museum of the Moving Image on January 11, 2011 in the Queens borough of New York City. JANETTE PELLEGRINI, GETTY IMAGES
Atmosphere at The Museum of the Moving Image on January 11, 2011 in the Queens borough of New York City. JANETTE PELLEGRINI, GETTY IMAGES
Atmosphere at The Museum of the Moving Image on January 11, 2011 in the Queens borough of New York City. JANETTE PELLEGRINI, GETTY IMAGES
General view of atmosphere of the 5th Annual Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking at the Museum of the Moving Image on January 11, 2012 in the Queens borough of New York City. JEMAL COUNTESS, GETTY IMAGES

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